The mobile mechanic invoice app that writes the job at the car.
Labor, parts and the trip, each on its own line. Write it up and create the invoice in the driveway, even with no signal. Email it once you’re back in range.
Start Free — no cardFree plan: 5 invoices a month, no time limit. Paid plans include a 14-day trial.
See what a good mechanic invoice looks like ↓A generic invoice app for mechanics isn’t an invoice app for mechanics.
The free invoice app on your phone has a “description” box and a price. No vehicle, no service history, no hours × rate. So your brake job becomes one line: Brakes — $412.
The customer looks at it and sees a number. They don’t see the two hours of labor, the pads and rotors, or the forty minutes you drove to get there. So the number looks high, the questions start, and next time they call somebody else.
And that’s the invoice you remembered to send. The one you wrote on a receipt and lost in the console is $300 you did for free.
What a good mobile mechanic invoice app puts on every line
An invoice from a mobile mechanic has to do two jobs at once: get you paid and explain the number. Here’s what goes on one, and how GARAGE handles each piece.
Labor lines. One per task, with your hours and your rate. Replace rear pads and rotors — 1.8 hrs. The customer sees the work, not a lump sum.
Parts lines. Each part, with the quantity and the price. Pads. Rotors. Hardware kit. If you marked it up, it still reads as a part, which is what it is.
The trip as its own line. This is the one most mobile mechanics leave off, and it’s the one that separates you from a shop with a lift. You drove to them. That has a cost. Put it on the invoice as its own line, with a plain name like Mobile service call or Travel, so it never gets argued as “part of the labor.”
The vehicle and the customer. Year, make, model, and the customer’s name on the invoice, pulled from their record, so the invoice matches the service history next time they call.
A clean PDF, on every plan. No Garage Solo branding on your invoices, even on Free.
Your logo and your business name on top, with Solo. The difference between a text from a guy and a bill from a business.
Subtotal, tax, total. Obvious, until the generic app makes you do the tax by hand.
Start Free — no cardThe invoice starts at the car, where you fixed it
The reason invoices go out late, or never, is that they get written twice: once in your head at the car, once for real at night. GARAGE cuts the second one.
1. Build the job where you’re standing.
Start the job and pick the customer and vehicle from your list. Add the labor lines and parts lines as you go. It saves on the phone, so a dead zone doesn’t stop you.
2. Show them the estimate before you turn a wrench.
Tap Estimate and the PDF generates on the phone, no signal needed. They see every line and the total, and they say yes to a number they understand.
3. Add what you find.
Stripped caliper bolt? Add the line. The invoice will match what you actually did, because you wrote it while you were doing it.
4. Turn it into an invoice before you pack up.
The job’s done, so create the invoice from it, right there. Still no signal needed.
5. Send it at the first bar.
Everything you wrote syncs on its own when the bars come back (Offline → Syncing… → Synced). Then tap Send Invoice.
(Emailing the invoice needs a signal. Writing the job and creating the invoice don’t. Opening customer and vehicle pages also needs a signal. We’d rather say so here than have you find out in a driveway. The full breakdown is on the offline page.)
An auto repair invoice app that knows you don’t have a front desk
Your logo on every invoice, with Solo
With Solo, branded estimates and invoices that look like a real business, because you are one.
Unlimited invoices with Solo
Free covers 5 a month. Solo removes the cap.
Know if you’re actually making money, with Solo
A profit-and-loss view with Solo: what came in, what went out, what each job paid. Your jobs feed it.
Want more? Solo Pro ($89/mo) adds a public booking page customers can book from, photo inspections customers can see (DVI) and a mileage log for tax time.
No app store, no download. GARAGE installs to your home screen straight from the browser, on iPhone or Android.
This page is about the invoice. For the whole van, start with the main mobile mechanic software page.
Built by a mechanic who got tired of writing invoices twice
GARAGE was built by Javier Ramos, a US Air Force veteran and mobile mechanic in Middle Georgia. He was writing estimates on paper and keeping track of who paid what in his head. When a customer paid fifty and said “I’ll pay you Thursday,” there was nothing in writing. So he built the invoice app he needed: one that gets written at the car and goes out before he leaves.
GARAGE is new. What you’ll find instead of a long track record is a real person reading every email. Questions? support@garagesolo.com
Start free. Upgrade when it’s paying for itself.
| Plan | Free | Solo | Solo Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $49/mo · $41/mo billed yearly | $89/mo · $74/mo billed yearly |
| Invoices | 5 a month | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Your logo on the invoice | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| Card needed | No | At upgrade, with 14 days before the first charge | At upgrade, with 14 days before the first charge |
| Highlights | Jobs, estimates, invoices, offline mode | + unlimited invoices, your logo, P&L | + booking page, photo inspections, mileage log |
| Start | Start Free — no card | Start Free, upgrade in-app | Start Free, upgrade in-app |
Month-to-month. Paid plans include a 14-day trial.
One brake job covers Solo for the month.
Founding Shops: the first 25 get treated like partners
We’re new, so instead of asking you to trust us, we’re making it worth being early:
- 🔒 Your price, locked for life. Join as one of the first 25 paying shops and your monthly price never goes up while you stay subscribed.
- 💵 Changed your mind? Your first charge back. Email us within 7 days of your first monthly charge (14 days on a yearly plan) and we refund it in full.
- 📥 Founding Shops: we move your customers in. Send us your customer list as a spreadsheet, or even a photo of it. Founding Shops get it imported within 48 hours, so your first invoice goes to a customer who’s already in the app.
Questions & Answers
Everything you need to know about GARAGE
01 Can I put labor and parts on separate lines?
02 Can I charge for the drive?
03 Does Solo put my logo on the invoice?
04 Can I write the invoice with no cell signal?
05 How does the customer get the invoice?
06 What does Free actually include?
07 Is this mechanic invoice software or a full shop system?
08 Do I need to download an app?
09 Who’s behind it?
Write it in the driveway. Send it at the first bar.
Free plan. No card. Five invoices a month to prove it on real jobs.
Start Free — no cardPaid plans include a 14-day trial · Month-to-month · Built in Middle Georgia